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Galway Football thread - 3 Like(s)
The big backroom team, between them, have somehow failed to see that we have an issue between the posts. This team includes a specialist goalkeeping coach and former inter-county goalkeeper, who was recently an inter-county manager himself, and a former goalkeeping coach and goalkeeper, of this Parish, widely regarded as an expert in his field. How does that happen? That was the winning and losing of this game. And many games before it.

crankyincorofin (National) - 29/06/2026 16:30:09

Monaghan GAA thread - 3 Like(s)

Replying To Monaghanmad123:  "How much did Monaghan playing week on week effect the last 10/15 minutes with the game in the melting pot?
Even with the extra man, the players looked leggy and out on their feet. Louth definitely got more of an impact off their bench also. Louth subs scored 0-6 in the last 20 to Monaghan 0-2…"
3 out if the 4 teams that played in the quarter final went through after playing 3 weeks in a row. Dublin had extra time against Donegal las week and finished strongly and won.Monaghan did not look fit, nor did their mindsets look like a winning one. Still can't believe 14 men beat 15 in that heat in Croke park. I would say that's a first in the new rules!

Corklegend (National) - 29/06/2026 21:34:56

Galway Football thread - 2 Like(s)
Own kickout retention 48%, Dublin's 78%. Kerry, in their game, 88%. That's difference. That is the problem. That's it. Simple as. And this management team, some of them there many long years, cannot for the life of them face our glaring Achilles heal and sort it out. No use talking at this stage.

togoutlads (National) - 29/06/2026 19:24:52

Monaghan GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
The Louth game should end all talk of Malone being the next manager.

ORIELMAN85 (National) - 29/06/2026 23:07:51

Roscommon GAA thread - 2 Like(s)

Replying To monaghanmad:  "delusional stuff, when does this end. Your forwards are bang average, Daire Cregg is no better than Mooney in Monaghan, Murtagh no better than Mc carron, Heneghan miles behind O hanlon and that just using Monaghan as a basis to compare. Totally overhyped players, totally. Daire Cregg talking about winning all Irelands, donie smith on podcasts talking about semi finals, Its been delusional and hyped for the last 15 yrs."
Up Louth's 14 men.

Seanfan (National) - 29/06/2026 16:55:06

Louth GAA thread - 2 Like(s)
Congrasts Louth, a great win for ye & deserved. A mighty performance by 14 men & a great support too.
Onwards & upwards for ye, but beware of Mayo...... they may have a poor record in finals, but they have a great record in semis!

Monaghan Exile (National) - 29/06/2026 21:34:34

Kerry All Ireland Champions 2026? - 1 Like(s)

Replying To tirawleybaron:  "Question is should the semi between Dublin and Kerry just be called the final - and call Louth v Mayo the runners up decider.
No need to play on the 26th then at all"
Mayo will be waste of a ticket in final against kerry

TommyBermingham (National) - 29/06/2026 20:17:06

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To ConyersHill04:  "Two days later and its still extremely raw. That was a complete and utter horror show from start to finish. Cannot believe Stephen Mooney didn't start that game. Really thought we had turned a corner with injuries, mentality of the squad and team selection from earlier in the league. However, the news throughout the week and at the weekend which displayed the fact so many people knew our squad before the turnstiles even opened on Sunday still bewilders me. Shows the mentality of certain individuals.

I gave him credit last week but I'm sorry this one is 100% on Gabriel Bannigan and his management team."
yano i walked away accepting defeat as louth were the better team...but this comment hit hard...it was a bloody horror show!

MalsBalls (National) - 30/06/2026 12:54:25

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To farneygael3:  "Mooney has no short to medium range. He was told to go long to advert the danger of kicking to a Louth man on the arc. It was then midfield sector to win primary or secondary ball, which they didn't. As it's been said by most posters on here, a tactical meltdown from GB."
The insights here have been the most interesting part of the follow-up to yesterday's game. Everyone who knows football knows that Monaghan always punches above its population size and everyone knows that yesterday's game was there for the taking. But only the Monaghan fans on here really understand their football and their footballers.

Monaghan attack (once they were a man up) - slow the attack, drag Louth over to defend in numbers on Monaghan's left, move the ball quickly to the right, and a scorer comes onto the ball in space and scores. That had a near 100% success rate from what I could tell. So the 1 man advantage worked in attack. Monaghan has tons of reliable scorers. When Monaghan moved at speed, the Louth defense looked a man down and tried protect the goal in numbers (even if we did concede two). So basically, Louth decided to limit the goal damage and put pressure on the 2 point kickers. Single points were there for the taking and Monaghan could have clocked as many scores as possession and time would have allowed them.

Louth kickouts - with the extra man, Monaghan pressed effectively so Louth's kickouts mostly went out to the big men and Louth won the percentages (mostly). However, it seemed like Monaghan's press came as the expense of more coverage at the back so when Louth offloaded the marks at speed to ball carriers, the Monaghan half back line was very exposed.

Monaghan defense - new rules means that Monaghan could have always been 12 vs 11 on defense behind the half-way line. Monaghan had a few turnovers when Louth had to build slowly from the back (and Monaghan usually punished those with scores) but it honestly felt like the Louth inside forward line and ball carriers coming from deep (McDonnells, Lennon, Downey) had it way too easy to get space when the ball was moved quickly or carried at pace. Maybe everything just went right for the Louth lads (they did seem very efficient) but it felt like the Louth lads would win all of the inside forward 1 on 1's and even some 1 on 2's. That could be the consecutive weeks of games or lack of prep taking its toll. Louth have a few lads playing in Monaghan and might have some tactical smarts. But still -- it was too easy given the numerical advantage.

Monaghan kickouts - don't think it's fair to put any blame on the keeper brought it. With Rory, Monaghan always felt like it had a quarterback who could call the shots and everyone had a decade working with him so they knew what runs they were supposed to do. Without Rory, the new had 14 experienced lads in front of him who should know how to make the extra man count by making space. Wasn't in Croker so can't tell whether he just didn't know/see the runs they were making or if the outfield players just didn't know how to pull the shape from the Louth middle.

Am I right in thinking:
- Monaghan would have been much better off conceding the Louth kickout, covering deeper, and survive on turnovers
- Monaghan defense needs work (probably has the right players but lacking in experience or nous). Once Louth got going, it was way to easy to get scorers on the ball in scorable positions.
- for some reason, Monaghan's players didn't try or succeed in finding space further from the arc on its own kickouts. So the kickouts ended up going into fielding 50-50 or worse fielding battles. That was mostly the fault of the outfield players who couldn't make the numerical advantage turn into space.

level (National) - 29/06/2026 20:32:47

6 Teams Left In A Hurling May 24Th - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Viking66:  "8 million this year. Don't know where your figure of 11 is coming from.
And is the "integrity" of the MC, ie the money in plain English, more important than the All Ireland Championship, or the future of the whole game of hurling?
There needs to be more intercounty hurling in the summer part of the intercounty window. Just from the point of view of promoting the game."
I already replied to this but they didnt post it again. Im getting a bit fed up of these disappearing posts tbh. I dont know why it keeps happening.

If you google " munster council revenues exceed 12m" you will see where i got the figures from. Its behind a pay wall now but it was free somewhere when I first saw it.
Either way whether its 8m or 11m or somewhere in between its a significant amount and way more than any other provincial championship in either code and possibly as much or close to the rest combined. That money will not be left on the table.

In relation to your comment on the " integrity" of the MC, the money is hugely important. Of course it is. Its important in every aspect of life and the gaa is no different. Its how we pay the bills. If you remove the jeopardy you damage the product and this is the flagship of hurling. I dont see it happening. You say MC wont have a choice. I say that MC are the biggest stakeholders in the game so will have a significant say.

Damaging the Munster Championship wont help Leinster. Why would anyone think that doing harm to a really successful and well run championship will somehow improve standards elsewhere? It wont. Even if you add games to the AI series after the provincials who is going to be interested atm. You saw what happened to Dublin and Offaly. Do you want that to happen more often in the summer? I dont. When KK were going well under this system, even if they weren't winning AI, this wasn't a discussion. They will be back next year so why all the panic all of a sudden?
Aa has been pointed out, there are only 11 teams in this championship. 5 are eliminated after 27 matches. There are plenty of games.
The elephant in the room is the split season. If the inter County season had August this wouldnt be a discussion. It doesnt so we have what we have.

Tadhg2020 (National) - 29/06/2026 21:20:32

Monaghan GAA thread - 1 Like(s)
Monaghans game management was shocking both on field and the side line, you just played into Louth hands with aimless kickouts and poor attacking play, never knew what to do with the extra man.
you could have man marked malroy and still have the extra defender. sorry i like monaghan but that was clueless.

Yourjoking (National) - 29/06/2026 21:22:08

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To ColmFlaherty:  "Was thinking if/when Joyce leaves who would be the candidates to take his place.

I would've had Kevin Johnson on the shortlist prior to the u20 gig, but the results their would put me off.

I'm not clued in as others would be on management for the club's but the only other coach inside Galway that might have something is Alan Glynn that I can think or know off."
I'm a fan of Gary Delaney I have to say.
I think he will manage at inter county level whether that's Galway or somewhere else we'll see.
Surprised Johnson or Kevin O'Brien haven't got a job somewhere else in Connacht but maybe that's their own choice

smallfrank (National) - 29/06/2026 22:08:14

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Farneyblueandwhite:  "Had Galway pencilled in for an all ireland appearance as dark horses looked to be flying this last few weeks but there you go gutted like ourselves good luck in 27"
When did they look to be flying? When they beat Leitrim? They had the easiest possible route to the quarter final this year, possibly the easiest route any team has ever had to a quarter final.
Beat Leitrim to secure a home draw in the All Ireland series, beat the worst team in the All Ireland series at home, then beat Westmeath at home. Westmeath are a good side but getting them at home was the best possible draw at that stage.
I could not understand why people were saying Galway were coming good at the the right time, there was no evidence either way.

JimB1991 (National) - 29/06/2026 22:59:04

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
I'm not expecting too many retirements, Silke most likely given what he does for a living is very demanding. Hard to know with Conroy but really can't see Walsh going anywhere. I think someone mentioned McDaid but he's only 28.

Same old issues which have caused us problems for years, throwing away big leads when well on top and losing the kickout battle. Its no good enough to be having the same issues 5 years down the line.

There's still a lot of top players who are in their prime, the likes of Molloy & O'Laoi both stepped up on Sunday and were excellent. Galway are very well stacked in the backs, especially in the half backs, could do with finding someone who can operate in the full back line, another midfielder but with Sam O'Neill & McGlinchey about that may not be an issue.

In the forward line we'll have Thompson back who was a huge loss this year, Mulhearn will be a year older and I saw enough of Mulryan in the 20's to suggest he's definitely got a good chance at this level.

But matters nothing if they don't find a new keeper and put a few set plays in place for kickouts.

TheBishop (National) - 30/06/2026 10:05:45

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
Delighted with how Dublin have upped their game in the last couple of matches. Better team beat the better squad on Sunday. Evident that a lot of work has gone into our kick out strategy in the past couple of weeks. Getting a couple of key players back has also been huge.
As a blow-in in the west, it's sad to see what poor management has cost probably the most talented squad in the country for at least 3 years of PJ's reign. They still probably had the best squad behind Kerry this year, but I'm not sure that will remain the case much longer. Incredible that he has never managed to solve the kick out issue that has been dogging them for years. The team occasionally breaks free of his shackles during matches and shows how good they could be with quick ball, but then they revert to the all the lateral stuff again. Sadly, talking to people down here, the rose tinted glasses being worn due to his great playing career seem likely to remain in place.

DubSanIarthar (National) - 30/06/2026 11:09:43

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Square_B:  "Why would I hate the best team to ever grace a football field? 9 All Irelands in 13 seasons, a team who won 15 out of 16 Leinster titles and 7 League Titles from 2011 to 2023. You lads could take a leaf out of their book; a team of class, grace and modesty."
You really are blinded by hate.

That Dublin team was a ruthless and cynical as any that every played. You have to be at top level sports. Pulling down all the mayo players on the pitch in a clearly orchestrated and practiced manner at the end of the 2017 final is hardly and act of class or grace. Ruthless and efficient yes - classy? Afraid not.

The narrative that this is a new Dublin team and they are plucky underdogs is the greatest lie ever told.
The team the played against Galway had 48 All Ireland medals between them:
Ciarán Kilkenny: 8 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Cormac Costello: 8 (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
David Byrne: 8 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) (Won as a panel member across 8 campaigns)
Con O'Callaghan: 7 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) (Earned 7 Senior Football medals)
Brian Howard: 5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Niall Scully: 5 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
Evan Comerford: 4 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) (Reserve goalkeeper during these titles)
Paddy Small: 2 (2020, 2023)
Lee Gannon: 1 (2023)

The lads below all played in All Ireland U20 finals (all be it on the losing side).
Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne
Ross McGarry:
Seán MacMahon:
Seán Guiden:

Add in Sean Bugler, Theo Clancy and Colm Basquel on top of all that and there is a team that not many can match.

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist" - Roger "Verbil" Kent - the usual suspects.

Keyser Söze - is back.

tirawleybaron (National) - 30/06/2026 11:56:01

Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Marooned:  "Some of the lesser lights did very well yesterday. Molloy and O'Laoi scored 0-5 between them. And O'Loai won a lot of breaking ball especially after half time. Where Sean Kelly was badly missed was I'm pretty sure he would have marked Scully and Scully wouldn't have had the same influence on the game with Kelly hounding him.

The problem was Galway only got 0-2 from Walsh, McDaid, Tierney and Comer. That won't cut it from a group of players of that quality."
I think I would have left McDaid out there. He has shown on numerous occasions what he can do when the tough get going...his display against Armagh in '22, AI final in '22, his 2nd half display against Dublin in '24 and his 2nd half display against Roscommon this year. Its difficult to replace his tenacity and experience. He had just scored and was unlucky with another. Many analysts thought that when he went off in the CF the tide turned in Roscommons favour. I believe he would have been vital in the final stretch yesterday..

Dualstar22 (National) - 29/06/2026 15:18:56

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To cluichethar:  "Hatred of Mayo and Dublin. Mayo and Dublin have served up some of the most memorable finals this quarter century"
Why would I hate the best team to ever grace a football field? 9 All Irelands in 13 seasons, a team who won 15 out of 16 Leinster titles and 7 League Titles from 2011 to 2023. You lads could take a leaf out of their book; a team of class, grace and modesty.

Square_B (National) - 29/06/2026 19:56:10

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)
A big thanks to the players who brought such entertainment at the weekend.Sometimes in our dissatisfaction we forget the huge efforts the players go to to reach such heights and the skill in some of the scores and the flicking of the ball to the hand from the ground is so frequent now.Phenomenal speed and terrific heights in contesting the high ball.So lucky to watch top forwards like clifford,mulroy,o callaghan,mc curry and many more.You can keep your world cup.PS not forgetting defenders who are brilliant in attempting to deny the forwards.

isfeidirrlinn (National) - 29/06/2026 17:55:04

Football Championship 2026 - 1 Like(s)

Replying To Square_B:  "Of course ye are, I'd say ye are still talking about 'Dublin Joe' and giving 'Big Mick' slaps on the back for the big auld legend he is."
I was joking SB. Plenty of Mayo suporters will have loads of excuses if we lose the semi or get to final and lose. Especially from a keyboard. Hard to improve if we often look for excuses rather than find out what didn't get us over the line and try and fix it. The scoreboard never lies.

GreenandRed (National) - 29/06/2026 17:53:48